ReefaJones: Sonic Youth Ranked

ReefaJones 09.27.24	It's probably gonna change a little bit with more listens and one of them is waiting to get 5'd
cylinder 09.27.24	1 is 1 and props for 5 being so high but 14 is wayyyy too low man
ReefaJones 09.27.24	14 might change in the future. Most of these I've only listened to once. I just found it to be a downgrade from their debut which was a far more enjoyable listen to me.
cylinder 09.27.24	i c i c
gabba 09.27.24	Good list indeed! Can’t argue with the top 3. I’d move 6 higher, and 15 is smashed too much on sput, but what do I know? I got into them just before it was released, so it’s specal to me.
ArsMoriendi 09.27.24	Only heard up until A Thousand Leaves but: 1 > 9 > 2 > 8 > 7 > 10 > 3 > 11 > 6 > 14 > 15
ReefaJones 09.27.24	I still liked it. It's just that on first listen there were no songs other than Bull in the Heather that were standouts/ playlist material
ArsMoriendi 09.27.24	Also you missed Ciccone Youth
ReefaJones 09.27.24	"Also you missed Ciccone Youth" Not technically Sonic Youth though
deathschool 09.27.24	I wish I liked these guys more than I do. Something just never quite clicks beyond the music being enjoyable. It stops short of something special. 1 is the best from what I’ve heard though.
gabba 09.27.24	See? Ars doesn’t like it either! Bull, Skink, Bone, Androgynous Mind, Tokyo Eye, and most importantly: Sweet Shine. All fantastic.
ReefaJones 09.27.24	"I wish I liked these guys more than I do. Something just never quite clicks beyond the music being enjoyable. It stops short of something special. 1 is the best from what I’ve heard though." It took quite a while for me to get into them. One of those bands
deathschool 09.27.24	I feel like I actually listened to Daydream Nation a good bit back when I first heard it (like probably over a decade ago now wtf), but I let it go out of rotation pretty quick. Teenage Riot and Silver Rocket were sold to me as life changing and it didn't hit me like I thought it would. It might be time to give it another go.
ArsMoriendi 09.27.24	I love Bull in the Heather and Sweet Shine Self-Obsessed and Sexxee, Androgynous Mind, In the Mind of the Bourgeois Reader are all cool too, but the rest is not good with Screaming Skull being downright terrible
ReefaJones 09.27.24	"I feel like I actually listened to Daydream Nation a good bit back when I first heard it (like probably over a decade ago now wtf), but I let it go out of rotation pretty quick. Teenage Riot and Silver Rocket were sold to me as life changing and it didn't hit me like I thought it would. It might be time to give it another go." Or try one of their later records. They're a little less abrasive while still being distinctively Sonic Youth. Try Murray Street or Sonic Nurse
cylinder 09.27.24	Sonic Nurse is awesome. super underrated. such a nice blend of their trademark noisiness with that lighter 2000s indie rock sound
Gyromania 09.27.24	if 1 is their best showing then this band prob just isn't for me. i like them well enough, i just don't find anything on that album especially exciting. been fkn years since i heard it but i remember trying it twice and not digging
tectactoe 09.27.24	Very based Top 3. Same as mine, actually, just in a different order (I'd go BMR, SISTER, then TN). On the other hand, very sad bottom three. All three of those albums are great.
DadKungFu 09.27.24	That's a really nice top 3 there
ReefaJones 09.27.24	First 6 are all very close. I found them hard to rank because I loved them just about the same. Gave DN the no 1 spot because The Sprawl is my favorite SY song
MillionDead 09.27.24	Daydream and Sister are the definitive 1 and 2, Goo's actually my #3.
gabba 09.27.24	The Sprawl followed by ‘Cross the Breeze is magical.
JohnnyoftheWell 09.27.24	Murray St and Dirty are much too high and EVOL too low, but otherwise this has the right shape. Great to see Sonic Nurse getting its fur though Gyro peep Bad Moon thru Sister — Daydream is neat as a statement album and I do love it, but the ideas on those three have much more edge and visceral impact imo
ReefaJones 09.27.24	Dirty is awesome. Theresa's Sound-World is a top 5 SY song. Also has 100%, Sugar Kane and Chapel Hill.
Gyromania 09.28.24	thanks johnny, i'll give those a listen. i went back to revisit Daydream Nation today and there are fs songs i do like. overall enjoyed it a lot more than my last two listens with it; kind of feels like one of those albums where i need to be persistent to fully unlock.
Winesburgohio 09.28.24	omgg best band, the caliber of their oeuvre is so high that seeing pretty much any of their albums lowly placed is a shock (until you're reminded of the quality of the other ones). even so, justice for 14 and 16! Daydream Nation is a stone-cold classic and their undisputed opus, but I forget that at first it was quite unfriendly aside from a couple of songs. it's really secretly a grower and i think misrepresented in terms of the pleasures it offers, but if you can get a hook into it its hooks will then hook into you
tectactoe 09.28.24	At least we can all agree that 'Cross the Breeze' and 'Candle' are the top tracks from the album, right? RIGHT?!?!
ReefaJones 09.28.24	"RIGHT?!?!" great songs but The Sprawl takes the cake. the live version from the Basement especially is magical.
JohnnyoftheWell 09.28.24	Sprawl + Rain King are the top prizes yes Cross the Breeze/Hyperstation/Candle all just a hair away
ReefaJones 09.28.24	"Cross the Breeze/Hyperstation/Candle all just a hair away" On my copy Hyperstation isn't a standalone track. On spotify you can listen to it on its own though.